[gst-devel] pad linking

[Benjamin Otte]

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Jérôme Patey wrote:

> Hi,
>
>     I wondered something. When trying to link 2 pads that have the same
> capabilities, for example :
>        audio/x-raw-int, width = [8, 16], rate = [8000 - 48000], channels
> = [1, 2]
>
>     how do GStreamer choose the correct rate ?
>
>     For example, if I want to link a resampler with alsa, alsa accepts
> many frequencies, and the resampler accepts every frequency, how will
> the choice be made ?
>
Currently it choses one format more or less randomly.
And yes, we're all aware that that is suboptimal.

You can however use filtercaps when linking your pipeline to have some
control over the used formats.

Benjamin